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IDER Mission to The Philippines

Invitation to Participate or Support the IDER Mission of Disaster Management Specialists to The Philippines
As a result of an initiative by Her Excellency Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson, Philippines’ Ambassador to Sweden, at the International Disaster and Emergency Resilience (IDER) conference with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Secretariat (MSB) in October 2009, IDER has been invited by the Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) to take a ‘Group of Disaster Management Experts’ to the Philippines to study the impact and response to the typhoons and other major events which frequently cause devastation across the country. This is a particularly relevant initiative in the light of the Copenhagen summit on climate change and the concerns about the impact of severe weather events.

General Glenn Rabonza, Executive Officer, of the NDCC, has welcomed the proposed visit of the Disaster Management Specialists. A provisional date for the mission and a draft programme has been agreed as 29 – 31 March 2010. Many disaster managers who attended IDER have already expressed an interest in this worthwhile initiative.

This is an invitation for you and your organisation to participate or support the IDER Mission of Disaster Management Specialists to the Philippines.

Objective of the IDER Mission
To strengthen the Philippines disaster control capability and the country’s disaster preparedness programme nationwide.

Draft Format for Mission
It is intended that the group, over a two or three day period, will visit some of the locations where the typhoons had a major impact and meet survivors and ‘responders’ (e.g. government department responsible for disaster and emergency planning, local authorities, local Emergency Services and NGOs). Workshops will then be held to identify issues and make recommendations.

The draft programme includes briefings by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

The outcome of the ‘mission’ will be to produce a report and practical advice for the development of the country’s overall resilience to disasters in general and typhoons in particular. It is envisaged that this would lead to a programme of focused support and aid.

email simon.langdon@cedarthree.co.uk for more information and to take part.
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IDER 2010

The 11th annual IDER will be in late September or October 2010. The dates and location for IDER 2010, and a Call for Papers, will be announced by the end of February.

IDER 2009 in Karlstad, Sweden on 20/21 October.

The 10th IDER was hosted by MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency) and took place on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st October 2009 at the Värmlands Museum, Karlstad, Sweden. The Conference was co-chaired by Mette Lindahl Olsson, Head of Natural Hazards & Critical Infrastructure Section at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency and Simon Langdon, Director of CEDARThree Ltd.

IDER is supported by the European Commission, MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency), International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (ICPEM) and the European Training & Simulation Association (ETSA). IDER is the conference and exhibition where best practice for readiness, response and recovery for disasters and major emergencies are identified and implemented.

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Updated on 2010-01-27 12:31:01 by Admin

Profile of Simon Langdon, IDER 2009 Co-Chairman

Simon Langdon is the Conference Co-Chairman for IDER 2009 in Karlstad, Sweden.

Simon is Director of CEDARthree Limited, the crisis management specialists. He was the CIR Business Continuity Consultant of the Year, 2005 and, during his career, he has developed crisis management, business continuity, disaster recovery and security plans for major organisations and government bodies in UK and internationally.

He is an acknowledged authority on crisis management and has worked with a number of major international organisations and multi-nationals and has conducted disaster management exercises in UK, Europe and the Middle East. Simon advised and developed the Command and Control plans for both Railtrack and British Airways (BA) for the Millennium Transition. He has developed and exercised UK national crisis management plans within the aviation industry, the strategic road network and the rail industry and was operationally involved in the rail industry response to the Potters Bar rail crash in May 2002. His previous career was in the Army where he gained considerable experience working closely with the Emergency Services on anti-terrorist operations.